Homelessness

Greater Manchester is participating in the Women’s Census.

In the last week of September, we will be talking to women about their recent experiences of not having a safe place to stay. This research will help us understand women’s experiences with homelessness and rough sleeping and advocate for improved support and services for women.

Can you help?
The Boot Centre are looking for feedback and input from women with lived experience of homelessness and rough sleeping.

Join on: Tuesday 3rd September, 12pm at The Booth Centre, Pimblett St, M3 1FU.

Macc is delighted to announce that, following an open tender process, we have once again been successful in securing the contract with Manchester City Council to deliver infrastructure support to the city's voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. This work enables us to support charities, community groups (including the community work done by faith organisations), voluntary groups, and social enterprises to be healthy, sustainable, well-run and above all, impactful for our communities.

What is rough sleeping?
Rough sleeping is one of the most visible types of homelessness. Rough sleeping includes sleeping outside or in places that aren't designed for people to live in, including cars, doorways and abandoned buildings.

If you are worried about someone who is rough sleeping, you can help connect them to local support by using Streetlink.
 

Comic Relief’s new funding opportunity is for UK based not-for-profit organisations that specialise in providing holistic support to young people aged 16-25 in the UK, who are at risk of, or experiencing homelessness.

Comic Relief is offering flexible, core funding in the way of grants of up to £200,000 over a three to five year period to organisations which do both of the following:

Manchester’s homelessness strategy sets out how the Council and its partners will work together towards ending homelessness. The new three-year Homelessness and Rough Sleeping strategy which covers the period 2024 to 2027 sets out how the Council will work with the voluntary, community and faith sector plus schools, health services and early help services.

This winter, Street Support Network are partnering with Greater Manchester Homelessness Action Network (GMHAN) to launch a campaign to educate the public and businesses about how to volunteer effectively with homelessness organisations in Greater Manchester.

Are you a Manchester voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisation?

Would you like to share a story of your everyday activity supporting people experiencing homelessness, as part of the second 2023 Spirit of Manchester Story Week in November?

We are looking for 20 VCSE organisations to provide stories which we will share during the week of 27 November - 1 December.